Blip.tv says it’s thriving on CNN deal

Blip.tv is powering CNN.com’s new citizen journalism section, CNN Exchange. “We are at the point now where we are turning away business,” said Blip Networks CEO, Mike Hudack. Meanwhile, SVP of CNN U.S. Susan Bunda says Exchange will play an important role in covering the world. “I think the world is so much more tech-savvy, and I wish we would have started this yesterday.”

3 comments August 13th, 2006

News Corp to start selling films, shows online

News Corp will soon sell downloads of movies and TV shows on its IGN sites and MySpace. Using Direct2Drive — the same technology used to download video games — News Corp will start selling movies like X-Men the Last Stand ($19.99) and TV shows like 24 and Prison Break ($1.99). The TV shows will be made available 24 hours after they air.

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HSN to debut shopping by remote

The Home Shopping Network is taking the wraps off a shop-by-remote system for digital TV subscribers. First, viewers must pre-register their credit card information. Then they can use the service by clicking on what they want to buy — no special cable box or remote control needed. And it takes just 30 seconds. Digital TV companies get a cut of the network’s sales. “We’ve been chomping at the bit” to offer the service, says John McDevitt, VP of HSN. (I can imagine, as this has the potential to dramatically increase impulse sales.) It’ll debut first in New York and Hawaii.

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Google Video experiments with new layout

Each clip features a smaller but resizeable video window with comments that follow underneath. Say, this looks a lot like YouTube…

Google Blogoscoped explains how to test the new design yourself.

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C-SPAN to air entire ‘60 Minutes’ interview

C-SPAN has agreed to air the Mike Wallace interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in its entirety this Monday night at 8, a day after CBS airs the edited piece on 60 Minutes. CBS says the request to air the unedited interview came from the Iranian leader himself. It’ll be the fourth Wallace interview to air on C-SPAN.

3 comments August 13th, 2006